1882 Rare Victorian Book - Poems of Edgar Allan POE (The Raven, Lenore, Ulalume, ...)
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Author : Poe, Edgar Allan.
Title : Poems of Edgar Allan Poe with Memoir.
Publisher : New York, W.J. Widdleton Publisher, 1882.
Language : Text in English.
Size : 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages : 196 pages + full page ads at the rear of the book for other Widdleton offerings of Edgar Allan Poe.
Binding : Attractive and good original embossed decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, upper and lower parts of spine worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (clean and tight, rare staining and foxing, name of a previous owner on first endpaper) .
Illustrations : Illustrated with a nice frontis portrait and full page illustrations.
Estimate : (USD 200 - USD 400)
The book : Rare and very attractive Widdleton edition of the Poems by Edgar Allan Poe.
The author: Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.